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Rev. Nathan A. Decker, Pastor Alice Shaffer, Administrative Assistant Jane Kay, Editor
HIGH STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH October 2019 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 218, Franklin, VA 23851 Located at 31164 Camp Parkway, Courtland, VA
757-562-3367 [email protected] www.highstreetumcva.org Editor: [email protected]
High Street United Methodist Church is having a
Sunday, October 20, 2019
at the Bronco Club
Time: 3:00PM to 6:00PM
Wear your costume or come as you are!
Bring your pumpkin to carve and any utensils you
will need. If you prefer, you can paint them or
decorate them too.
We will have pony rides, a hayride, games, hot dogs, baked beans, potato chips & s’mores!
Don’t miss it!
It’s going to be SPOOKTACULAR!!
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Rescheduling Spirituality By Nathan Decker
“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already
full.”
-Henry Kissinger
Ah, Fall… The return to regular schedules from our lazy summer days is upon us. For those with kids this
means school schedules, bus schedules, practice schedules, game schedules, homework and test schedules,
not to mention scheduling family time in there somewhere. For those without kids, this means scheduling
around school buses in the morning and afternoon in addition to rush hour. And in all of this we have to find
time to eat, sleep, exercise, have meaningful relationships, and develop as decent human beings? Stressed
out yet?
Our society constantly seems to be trying to find time. We have apps to help schedule our lives.
Employers direct deposit so you don’t have to go to the bank. Businesses are switching from how to get you
into the store to buy more to how to get more to the consumer with same day delivery. There are even apps
to pay our bills so we no longer have to think about what we are spending. And yet no one seems to have
found any more time. Instead, we feel as though we have less and less time.
God gives us all the same 24 hours in a day. What we do with our time shows our priorities and
beliefs. The reason we all feel so stressed out and over stretched by our schedules is our need to reschedule
our spirituality. Recently, I was singing “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” an old traditional hymn. While singing, I
had this horrible thought. How could anyone schedule an hour for prayer? That would be 1/24th of my whole
day! It’s hard enough to get folks to give one hour a week for Jesus, now we’re singing about giving an hour
a day in prayer? And then it hit me… my own lack of prayer is why my soul is thin, my strength expended,
and my faith fickle.
God desires that we spend time in prayer for recovery, rest, relationship, and renewal. In prayer, God
brings my mind to my wife and children and I see how I am teaching them through my life how to live
without pause. In prayer, God brings my mind to my work and I am reminded how I lose focus and miss
what really matters because I’m worried about deadlines and Sundays. In prayer, I have time to reflect and
gain the power to be changed.
An old Buddhist parable talks about a man who was confronted by another man. “Why would you
spend time in prayer and meditation? What have you gained?”
“I haven’t gained anything. But let me tell you about what I’ve let go. I’ve let go of anger, ego,
greed, depression, insecurity, and fear. Prayer is not gaining, but losing, which is ultimately gaining.”
As disciples who follow Jesus, we need to reschedule spirituality into our lives. No, it doesn’t have to
be an hour, but it should be a priority. Taking some time to pause and reflect as Christ did often in his earthly
ministry is where we gain strength, insight, and healing. God designed us not only for work and play, but
also for rest. Find space to care for your soul this week, after all, it’s what Jesus would do.
“You should do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you should rest. Even during plowing or
harvest time you should rest.”
-Exodus 34:21
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Congratulations to Pacey Virtue on the Sacrament of Baptism
on September 1, 2019.
Thank you to all who sent me cards, prayers, and visits while I was in the hospital.
God Bless, Linda Joyner
A HUGE THANK YOU and SHOUT OUT to all
those in our congregation who so graciously
give of their time, talents and resources to High
Street United Methodist Church. Thank you for
keeping us fed, educated, loved, prayed for,
informed, organized, welcomed, entertained and
so much more! We are truly blessed and grateful
to YOU for sharing your gifts with all those at
High Street UMC!
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High Street UMC is beginning our 7th year of sponsoring
50 food insecure children from S.P. Morton Elementary
School in Franklin for the Backpack Program through the
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. We financially
sponsor 50 children who will receive backpacks full of
food twice each month throughout the school year. We also will continue packing
30 additional bags of food each time for a total of 80 backpacks that will go to the
school. These extra 30 bags are funded from donations to the Foodbank of
Southeastern Virginia, but all 80 backpacks will be handled through our church and
be delivered to S.P. Morton. We are asking for donations to support the 50
sponsored children. The cost per child is $110 for one child, or you may make a
donation of any amount. You can put a check in the offering plate and mark it for
Backpack Program or drop it by the church office.
Our first packing session, where we will actually put the food into the bags in
assembly line fashion, will be Tuesday, October 1st at 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall at church. We will begin setting up at 4:30 if you can come at that time. We
especially need a few able-bodied folks who can lift the boxes. If you would like to
help deliver the boxes to the school on October 2 during the morning, please let
Ruthie know. This time is a little flexible. If you would like to add your name to the
email reminder list, please let Ruthie know (569-9449) or call the church office (562
-3367).
Thanks so much for your support of
this program. We are feeding
children right here in our own
community!
Ruthie Ponder
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Good day, High Street Friends!!
We have resumed our United Methodist Women’s activities. The upcoming meetings include the
following:
The morning circle will meet on Monday, October 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the Village at Woods Edge.
The Executive Board will meet on Tuesday, October 22 at 10:00 a.m. in the church library.
All ladies of High Street who are not a UMW member, are welcome to join us for fun and fellowship.
Our Methodist Marketplace is fast approaching. . .the date is Saturday, November 9, 2019. Time to
start baking, canning, sewing, knitting, crafting, etc!
Please mark your calendar. I hope to see you at our upcoming meetings!
Kathy Worrell, Co-President
United Methodist Women
MISSION TEAM
The Mission Team is sponsoring a collection of yarn
during September and October. The Southampton
County Department of Social Services collects yarn to
be given to the Deerfield Correctional Center in
Southampton County. Some of the inmates knit and
crochet warm hats for people in need. If you would
like to contribute new or partially used skeins of yarn,
please place them in one of the baskets in the narthex
or in the hallway near the church office.
This is a double-bonus project because we will be
helping the inmates with giving them something
productive to do and helping those in need this winter
with items of warmth.
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CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL
Come join us on Sunday mornings from 9:45 a.m. to
10:45 a.m. in the children’s Sunday School wing for
stories, music, crafts, games, and other activities as we
explore the “Fruits of the Spirit” during the months of
October and November. There will be lots of fun and
fellowship for children ages three and up through 6th
grade. We will have two special Sundays each month where there will be
Music and Craft Sundays with a special guest, “Ms, Lizzy”. Hope you can
join us!
“The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.” Galatians 5:22 -23
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HARVEST FESTIVAL
Hi Friends!
Mark your calendar and come on down to the Bronco Club on Sunday,
October 20 for the Harvest Festival! We will have pumpkin carving/
painting, games, pony rides, and a hayride!! It is our Halloween party so, by
all means, wear your costume!
The festival is from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Dinner will be provided - hot
dogs, baked beans, potato chips, and - of course - S’MORES! Don’t forget
to bring your pumpkin.
Kathy Worrell, Vitality Team Chair
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Part of the crowd who attended VBS
Thursday evening.
Community Day 2020 is just six short months away! Your Community Day Planning Committee is hard
at work ironing out details to make the April 25th Community Day the BIGGEST and BEST yet!! A day
of entertainment for the whole family!!
How can YOU help?
THREE WAYS!
First, BY SPREADING THE WORD! If you are a member of a non-profit organization, please
encourage them to have a booth. And you can encourage your family and friends to save the date and
attend. Also, if you want to be a presenter (teach a class), let Jane know.
The second way you can help is by VOLUNTEERING. We need people to serve on the various
committees. The committee chairs are listed below:
• Business Vendors - Susan Jones and Mary Christy Morris
• Parking - Mark Frohlich
• Non-Profit Vendors - Jane Riddick-Fries
• Advertising/Marketing - Kathy Worrell
• Inside Church Activities - Glenda Jervey
• Outside Activities - Jane/Stephanie Rose
• Clean Up - Jeff Draughn (Boy Scouts)
• Security - Richard Walker
• Food - Bryan Fenters/Jim Jervey
• Logistics - Ted Fries
• Sponsors - Nathan Decker
• Information Booth/HSUMC Ambassadors - Alice Shaffer
• Community Day Coordinator - Jane Riddick-Fries
The various chairs would LOVE to have you on their committee!! Many hands make light work:)
The third way you can help is to PRAY. Please pray our Community Day will touch Franklin/
Southampton County and truly bring us #better together!
Kathy Worrell, Marketing Chair
Community Day 2020
#bettertogether
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METHODIST MARKETPLACE NEWS
Our Methodist Marketplace is fast approaching. . .it’s only two months away! The date
is Saturday, November 9, 2019. Time to start baking, canning, sewing, knitting, crafting,
etc! We want to have a FULL “marketplace”.
Our shops will include a General Store, Bakery, Clothing Boutique, Doll Shoppe,
Handcraft Shop (knitting, crocheting, embroidery), High Street Gift Shop (books, cds,
note cards), and Pecan Store.
Please mark your calendar. We look forward to seeing you.
Kathy Worrell, Co-President
United Methodist Women
On August 20, our community had a storm go through that had high winds resulting in downed
power lines. Power crews were called in from as far as Danville to restore electricity. High
Street UMC as well as other local churches pulled together to provide meals. On August 22,
HSUMC provided lunch for these power crews and first responders. Please see picture below.
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Health Care and Assisted Living Facilities
Please remember our members who need special care at the following healthcare and assisted living
facilities in your thoughts and prayers each week.
Village At Woods Edge
(Memory Care Unit)
1401 N High Street,
Franklin, Virginia 23851
757.562.3100
Nancy Raiford (Room 10)
Virginia Wrenn (Room 07)
Joan Marks (Room 08)
Manor At Wood’s Edge
(Assisted Living)
1401 N. High Street
Franklin, Virginia 23851
757.562.3100
Allen Jones (Rm 1015)
Linda Joyner (Rm 1011)
Village At Woods Edge
(Independent Living)
1401 N High Street,
Franklin, Virginia 23851
757.562.3100
Peggy Gillette (Apt. 312)
Al Strickler (Apt. 308)
Marjorie Whitley (Apt. 314)
Mildred Mason (Apt. 117)
East Pavilion
(Nursing Home)
100 Fairview Drive
Franklin, Virginia 23851
757.569.6424
Doris Bailey (Rm 114A)
Abie Condrey (Rm 112A)
Cindy Cotton (Rm 114B)
High Street UMC is collecting Canned Soup &
Canned or Dried Beans for Franklin Cooperative
Ministry during the month of October. Donations can
be left in the baskets in the Narthex and by the church
office.
PENNY COLLECTION FOR
JANEL LUIS ESPINOSA
As we do every year in the fall, the Mission Team sends a check for $180 to COPA (Community
Partners) based in Florida, for the yearly sponsorship of our child from the Dominican Republic,
Janel Espinosa. This money pays for the fees, supplies, uniforms, books, and other things he needs
to be able to attend school. Without our sponsorship, Janel would not be able to go to school. Janel
turned 10 years old in September! Many of you signed the birthday cards that were in the narthex
and we mailed them off to him. I’m sure he was very excited to receive them. In case you do not
know, the $180 is raised each year from our penny collection. There are brass buckets (with Janel’s
picture attached) on the round table in the narthex and on the children’s Sunday School desk. We
appreciate your ongoing donations of pennies and other coins to help Janel.
Ruthie Ponder
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PICNIC AT BRONCO CLUB
September 1! What a beautiful day for a picnic! That Sunday brought both our newer members and our
more “seasoned” members together to worship and fellowship surrounded by God’s handiwork.
Our musicians led us in singing, Cara sang a lovely anthem, Nathan brought the message. . .and we even
had a baptism (Pacey Virtue)!
Thanks Roscoe, for giving pony rides (and Susan for bringing him). Thank you to our vitality team for
your help in this event.
Until next year when we go “. . .down to the river to pray. . .”
Kathy Worrell, Vitality Team Chair
BAPTISM AT PICNIC -
Pastor Nathan and Pacey Virtue
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More pictures of picnic at Bronco Club.
Gracie’s Little Angels
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1 Ron Ratcliffe
1 Patsy Rothwell
1 Jim Page
1 Kathy McCabe
1 Elliott Messenger
2 Jeff Brown
2 Jim Yarborough
2 Will Powers, III
3 Babb Rawlings, Jr.
3 Jeffrey Messenger
4 Brooke Powell
4 Luke Jervey
5 Mel Baynard
5 Andy Fox
5 Travis Keech
5 Jackie Sugg
6 Bert Williams, V
7 Judy Riddick
7 Fred Hollowell
7 Georgia Gillette
8 Kelly Jernigan
8 Amber Rikard
9 John Bracy
9 Ann Spanagel
9 Brandon Lee
10 Jeri Holt
11 Cindy Rubino
11 Kelley Roback
12 Judy Smith
12 Jackson Dempsey
12 Tyler Duke
13 Evan Griggs
15 Allene Atkinson
15 Cara Butler
15 Emily Carroll
16 William Tawney
16 Justin Spengeman
17 Miller Zurfluh
19 Douglas Trader
19 Kristen Peele
19 Michael Aiken
20 Kathy Sunday
20 Cathy Johnson
20 John Spanagel, Jr.
20 Jon Powell
20 Evan Ponder
21 Daelyn Rose
22 John Rankin
23 Fred Powers
23 Mary Christy Morris
23 Carol DuBois
23 Allen Crom
24 Rita Lewis
24 Kaitlyn Edwards
24 Jessica Flanders
24 Dutchess Rose
24 Tegan Carter
24 May Rabil
25 Mickey Gray
25 Rebecca Ponder
26 James Panikowski
26 Newitt Blythe
26 Phyllis Bunch
26 Ellen Lee
27 Dale Conant
27 Crystal Stauffer
27 Steve Pittman
27 Haley Lowe
27 Emma Hoctor
28 Glenn Bidwell, Jr.
29 Penny Smith
29 Deborah Ashley
29 Troy Dongarra
30 Jim Hansford
30 Don Shanks
30 Jonathan Edwards, Jr.
31 Ricky Darden
31 Denver Rose
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 5:00 PM Backpack
Packing Session
7:00 PM Boy Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
2 Bulletin Info Deadline 8:00 AM Men's Bible
Study/Fred's
Restaurant 5:30 PM Annual
Church Audit/Library 7:00 PM Christian
Parenting Class
3 6:00 PM Soup for
Supper/Fellowship
Hall 6:30 PM GLA CPR
Training/Youth Room 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
4 5 9:00 AM Lay
Servant Training
6 8:30 AM Contemporary Worship
Service 9:30 AM Open Door Cafe 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Coffee & Conversation 10:00 AM New Member Class 11:00 AM Traditional Worship
Service 3:30 PM Children's Christmas
Program Practice/Fellowship Hall 5:30 PM Youth Group Meeting/
Youth Room
7 10:00 AM UMW
Morning Circle Mtg/
The Village 5:30 PM Relay for
Life Meeting/
Fellowship Hall 6:00 PM Girl Scout
Meeting 6:30 PM Cub Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack 7:00 PM Council on
Ministries Meeting
8 8:30 AM Prayer
Breakfast/Fellowship
Hall 7:00 PM Boy Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
9 Bulletin Info Deadline 8:00 AM Men's Bible
Study/Fred's
Restaurant 7:00 PM Christian
Parenting Class
10 6:00 PM Soup for
Supper/Fellowship
Hall 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
11 12
13 8:30 AM Contemporary Worship
Service 9:30 AM Open Door Cafe 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Coffee & Conversation 10:00 AM New Member Class 11:00 AM Traditional Worship
Service 3:30 PM Children's Christmas
Program Practice/Fellowship Hall 5:30 PM Youth Group Meeting/
Youth Room
14 6:00 PM Girl Scout
Meeting 6:30 PM Cub Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
15 7:00 PM Book Club/
The Village
7:00 PM Boy Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack 7:00 PM SPRC
Meeting
16 Bulletin Info Deadline 8:00 AM Men's Bible
Study/Fred's
Restaurant 7:00 PM Charge
Conference
17 6:00 PM Soup for
Supper/Fellowship
Hall 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
18 19 8:00 AM UMM
Breakfast &
Meeting/
Fellowship Hall
20 Newsletter Deadline 8:30 AM Contemporary Worship
Service 9:30 AM Open Door Cafe 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Coffee & Conversation 10:00 AM New Member Class 11:00 AM Traditional Worship
Service 3:00 PM Harvest Festival/Bronco
Club 3:30 PM Children's Christmas
Program Practice/Fellowship Hall 4:00 PM Christian Grief Support
Meeting/Library
21 5:30 PM Community
Day Meeting/Library
6:00 PM Girl Scout
Meeting 6:30 PM Cub Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
22 10:00 AM UMW
Executive Board
Meeting/Library 7:00 PM Boy Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack 7:00 PM HSUMC
GLA Board Meeting/
Library
23 Bulletin Info Deadline 8:00 AM Men's Bible
Study/Fred's
Restaurant 7:00 PM Christian
Parenting Class
24 6:00 PM Soup for
Supper/Fellowship
Hall 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
25 26 9:00 AM Youth
Group Trip to
Holocaust
Museum
27 8:30 AM Contemporary Worship
Service 9:30 AM Open Door Cafe 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:00 AM Coffee & Conversation 10:00 AM New Member Class 11:00 AM Traditional Worship
Service 3:30 PM Children's Christmas
Program Practice/Fellowship Hall 6:00 PM YMCA Leaders Club
Ceremony/Fellowship Hall
28 5:30 PM UMW
Evening Circle Mtg/
Fellowship Hall 6:00 PM Girl Scout
Meeting 6:30 PM Cub Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
29 7:00 PM Boy Scout
Meeting/Scout Shack
30 Bulletin Info Deadline 8:00 AM Men's Bible
Study/Fred's
Restaurant 7:00 PM Christian
Parenting Class
31 5:00 PM Halloween
on Main Street 6:00 PM Soup for
Supper/Fellowship
Hall 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
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Honoring God through worship,
Serving God with time, talents and gifts,
Uniting in Christian fellowship,
Making disciples, and
Caring for all God’s children.
Our Mission Statement at High Street Our Mission at High Street United Methodist Church